Appreciate Meaning
/əˈpɹiː.ʃi.eɪt/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo be grateful or thankful for.
verbTo view as valuable.
Sentence Examples
We appreciate the opportunity you've given us to learn more about your organization.
I appreciate your concern.
Over the years he came to appreciate the beauty and tranquillity of the river.
CEFR Practice Quiz
I truly ____ your help with the project last week.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I really ____ all the help you gave me with my heavy bags today.
Word Origin & History
Originated 1645–55; from Medieval Latin appreciātus (“valued or appraised”), later variant of Late Latin appretiātus (“appraised”), the perfect passive participle of appretiō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from a(d) (“toward”) + preti(um) (“price”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix). Cognate to French apprécier. Latin root also origin of English appraise, which has various Romance cognates; see also precious.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Much as one appreciates the beauty of these woodlands, it was good to learn that some discreet tree-felling may open up the view still further."
— 1958 July 26, R. K. Kirkland, “Into the Mountains on the Festiniog Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 453:
"In order then to test the power of bees to appreciate colour, I placed some honey on a slip of glass, and put the glass on coloured paper."
— 1879, John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, 4th Baronet, PC, DL, FRS, FRAI, Everett Mendelsohn (Donor), “Lecture I. On Flowers and Insects.”, in Scientific Lectures, 2nd edition, Macmillan and Company, published 1890, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 12:
"It is rather the person whose general knowledge is supposed to qualify him to appreciate expert testimony, and to judge between the experts from different fields, whose power is enhance."
— 1949, F. A. Hayek, “The Intellectuals and Socialism”, in University of Chicago Law Review, volume 16, number 3, Chicago: University of Chicago, →DOI, page 419:
"Eve: You learn to appreciate the light by living in the dark."
— 2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Normandy SR-2:
"The sanguine, flattering themselves with the delusive hopes of a speedy termination of the war, were often induced to sell lest a sudden peace should appreciate the money, in which case it was supposed they would lose the present opportunity of selling to great advantage."
— 1809, David Ramsay, M. D., James Akin (Engraver), “IV. Fiscal history, 1670–1808.”, in The History of South-Carolina, from Its First Settlement in 1670, to the Year 1808. In Two Volumes., volume 2, Charleston, South Carolina: David Longworth, published 1809, →OCLC, page 173:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
I truly ____ your help with the project last week.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I really ____ all the help you gave me with my heavy bags today.